Wolf Messing: The Story of Russia's Greatest Psychic

by Tatiana Lungin

Tested by Hitler, Freud, Gandhi and Stalin, Wolf Messing was one of the few major psychics of
the twentieth century. In 1937, after Messing publicly predicted the downfall of the Third Reich,
the Nazis placed a sizable bounty on his head. Summoning all his hypnotic powers, Wolf
Messing escaped capture by the Gestapo and fled to Russia.
While most parapsychologists in the USSR were forced to conduct psychic research in
secrecy, Messing thrilled audiences in packed theaters across the country. Here he was in the
Marxist society dominated by Joseph Stalin, the man who had officially abolished ESP, but was
intrigued by Wolf’s ability to influence thoughts at a distance.
Young Tatiana Lungin first met Messing just days before her world and everyone else’s
was irretrievably shattered by Hitler’s Panzer divisions thundering into Russia. Messing and
Lungin are survivors, and their paths crossed again after the war. This time friendship grew
between the young woman and the mysterious, older celebrity who never lost the heavy accent
of his youthful German.

Genres: Biography, Science, History

214 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1989

Reviews

[Pat Rolston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful biography of a man blessed with gifts beyond our scientific means to understand. This gentle man amazed Stalin by passing all his security successfully and walking directly into his office unquestioned. The feat was undertaken as a challenge posed by Stalin to demonstrate and validate Messing’s psychic ability. There are many such instances of inexplicable accomplishments by Messing that are witnessed and documented by Soviet scientists and impartial persons. The psychic feats and paranormal were not recognized as possible by Soviet authorities up and through the Stalin era. Such an admission would have opened the door to religiosity and faith in a manner dangerously at odds with the the official atheist doctrine of the state. Combined with this man’s Jewish roots it was an amazing admission of his skills that Stalin encouraged to be demonstrated in public shows for entertainment. Messing lived very well during terribly traumatic economic times as a celebrity who balanced his celebrity and high social status against the duel taboos of his heritage and non-state sanctioned psychic skills. Someday our science will catch up with that labels paranormal and in turn it will be deemed normal.

[Азжаргал Азжаргал · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read it in Mongolian, he is a person who has the real power to manage hisself and tell not what person's wanted to hear, instead the truth of the matter. At young age he established his ability with somnambulism which tempered him to go away from home town to a place to hide. All the things started from there, his psychic ability spread out and competed with others and won everyone's heart including Joseph Stalin, the leader of Marxists society. These stories and situations were mostly true, cuz his lifetime dude has witnessed many of them. So... , it's a pretty good book if you're addicted to people's biographies and more objective things in life.

[Dev]

Unique book

[Abhishek Shekhar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written seems Messing was a yogi perhaps!

[Tuhkatriin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Venemaa "Selgeltnägijate tuleproovi" ühes hooajas (kus vist Kerrogi osales, kui õigesti mäletan) käisid kõik Messingi haual ja pidid siis tunnetama, kes sinna maetud on. Messing olevat olnud Venemaa silmapaistvaim sensitiiv, aga ma polnud tollel hetkel temast midagi kuulnud. Nüüd on aga lausa eesti keeles olemas täitsa huvitav raamat temast.
Kui köidavad eriliste võimetega inimesed üldiselt või just Wolf Messing konkreetselt, siis tasub kätte võtta.

[King · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ma teadsin, et vene telesari jooksis "Messing" ning arvasin, et ju on raamat miski cash-in vms aga kuna teema tundus intrigeeriv, et mismõttes Stalinil oli oma sensitiiv, siis võtsin lugeda.

Päris kiirelt läks, ladus tõlge, viisakalt kirjapandud mälestused, võib nelja panna vabalt.

[Jim]

A biography of one of Russia premier Stage Mentalist.

[Dhruv Jivrajani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best

[Dharmagyanandanbohare · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice story, but could have been written in a more catchy way. Also, it's not written by Messing, or someone objective, but a friend of his, hence it's very subjective style.